Manchester College - Aurora Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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A MELLOWDRAMA In One Act Time — 6 o ' clock on a Tuesday evening in winter. Place — Room 107 Administration Bldg. Characters — Members of faculty. ( When curtain rises six members of Faculty are seen ) . Pres. Winger (Bustling in) : Faculty meeting will come to order. The secretary will call the roll. (Pauses. No sound) Well, since the secretary isn ' t here, we ' ll dispense with roll-call. (Prof. Kintner enters) Oh, here he is now. We were just waiting for you Prof. Kintner. Prof. Kintner: I am sorry to be late, but I was unavoidably detained. (Business of calling roll during which time three or four of faculty members enter ) . Pres. Winger: (Yawning) Well, this is a business meeting, I understand. Who has anything to present? (Two more members enter). Dean Schwalm : (Rising) Professor, I have a little matter to present at this time The committee appointed last week to study the grading system has a recommendation to make : We suggest the elimination of the plus signs : That will make an A stand for 98 and up ; A— for 95 ; B, 93 ; B— , 90 ; C, 88 ; C— , 85 ; D, 83 ; D— , 80 ; E, 78 ; E— , 75 ; and F below 75. Prof. Peters also has a system of average percentages worked out, which he will present at this time. (Sits down) Prof. Pet ers (Rising and going to board) : I have here on the board the average grades of over twenty-five colleges and universities and from these results I have plotted this curve which shows the percentage of students who receive A ' s, B ' s, etc. Now it has been found that from 2 to 10% out of every hundred students are A students, from 14 to 18% are B ' s, from 40 to 60% are C ' s, from 14 to 18% are D ' s, from 2 to 10% are E studen s and 2% are flunkers. These statistics ought, I believe, to be of help to us in making out our grades. (Is seated.) Prof. Dotterer: Mr. President, I move you that these recommendations be accepted. Voice in Rear: Second the motion. Pres. Winger: All those in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. (Three or four say aye — rest silent). The secretary will record the recommendations. . ny other business? (Enter Mr. and Mrs. Wampler). Prof. Reber: I might say, too, that I am sending for some new magazines for the library, and if any of the faculty want to order some, I ' ll be glad to send for them at this time. Prof. Schutz (Rising) : Mr. President, may I be excused? I have to meet the debaters at seven. (He leaves). Miss Johnson: (Rising) Mr. President, I don ' t believe that we have enough public athletic events scheduled. For my part, I find that attending the games is the most enjoyable tiling I do, and I believe that we really ought to have one basketball game here each week. I believe we ought to have more things over which we can be enthusiastic. We are young only as long as we have enthusiasm. I don ' t believe I ' m the only one who feels this way. Miss Vose and Miss Lehman, (turns) well, I see they are not here tonight, but I ' m sure they will support me. Miss Knicker (in a loud whisper) : I think they ' ve gone skating tonight. Prof. Wampler; (Rising) Mr. President, may I be excused? I have Choral Society at seven o ' clock. (He leaves). Prof. . ' . R. Eikenberry: (Rising) Mr. President, I wanted to mention something about the games, too. Last year the faculty decided to limit the number of games to twelve, if I remember correctly. We were rather discouraged over athletics at the lime, and I guess we thought that was often enough to be beaten. This year it is different. I ' d like to know if the Faculty will consider changing that riding — We can get plenty of games. Pres. Winger: What ' s the opinion of the Faculty on this matter? Prof. Schwalm: (Rising) We don ' t want to let the sideshows at Manchester get away with the main show. However, I ' ve been looking into tlie matter and I find that most colleges have at least 18 games scheduled. I, therefore, move you that we allow the committee to schedule four more games. Cries of: Second the motion, Pres. Winger: I guess we ' ll find time to attend all these games. Prof. Randolph : I have a few students ho are not carrying their work very successfully. (Several nod heads). Pres. Winger: I ' d suggest that the names of such students be turned over to tlie Dean. We ' ll let him settle these cases. We have already ovemjn our time. I expect our Trustees will be here for our meeting next week. If there is no other business the meeting is adjourned. (Editor ' s note: The above scene was described to a Senior bv an historical mouse).